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Enrolls at The University of Texas
the former golfer writes his first piece of journalism on UT’s men’s golf team -
Graduates from UT as managing editor of The Daily Texan
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Takes a job at the now-defunct San Antonio Light covering the San Antonio Spurs
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Period: to
1976-1992 climbs editorial ladder at Light from reporter to assistant managing editor for sports and features, to managing editor
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Hearst decides to close the San Antonio Light after buying the rival Express-News and gives Cohen the unenviable task of shutting the paper down
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As editor of the Albany Times-Union, Cohen sets up an early website to cover an outdoor music festival commemorating Woodstock
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Named editor and executive vice president of the Houston Chronicle
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Wins the National Press Foundation’s Benjamin Bradley Editor of the Year
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Houston Chronicle named top metropolitan paper in Texas by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors
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Cohen wins Robert C. Jeffrey Benefactor Award from the College of Communication